Identification attachment for umbrellas



(No Model.)

. H. DE 0. HAMILTON.

IDENTIFICATION ATTAGHMENT FOR UMBRBLLAS. No. 525,415. Patented Sept. 4, 1894.

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HUGH DE. 0. HAMILTON, OF SOUTH ORANGE, NEW JERSEY- IDENTIFICATION ATTACHMENT FOB UMBRELLAS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 525,415, dated September 4, 1894.

Application filed June 11, 1894.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HUGH DE 0. HAMILTON, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of South Orange, in the county ofEssex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Identification Attachments for Umbrellas, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide for the identification of lost umbrellas, para-- sols and other property, and consists of a card holder or address plate of convenient size provided with wings parallel. thereto to which the means for attaching the holder or plate to the ribs or braces of the umbrella are attached or withwhich said means are integral. Preferably the holders or plates or said wings are provided with one or more lugs or PI'OJGGIIIOHS for engaging the rib or brace to lock the holder or plate against turning thereon. These locking lugs may be integral with the holders or plates or be secured thereto in any suitable Way.

Figure 1 is a view of the frame of an umbrella or the like,'with the invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a side view of a blank'for. one form of the invention. Fig.3 is a perspective View of a card-holder formed from the said blank. Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional v ew of the said .holder, showingalso the U- rib or brace of the so-called paragon frame. Figs. 5 and 6 are likewise views showing other means-for preventing the turning of the holder or the rib. Figs. '7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 are like-views of modifications. Figs. 13 and 14 are perspective and end-views of a modification. Fig. 15 is an end view of a modification adapted to embrace the sides of a brace or rib to prevent turning thereon.

In carrying out this invention in its preferred form I proceed as follows:-From a sheet or plate of thin metal ablank A of rect-' angular form and having the wings a at 0pposite ends thereof is cut away longitudinally as at b, and is provided with the lip c opposlte one end of the cut-away portion b, and with two card-holding lugs d at the opposite end of said cutaway b. This blank A is then bent or folded upon the lines 6, f, g, h to form the box-shaped card-holder B, shown in Fig. 3. The locking lugsz' of the wings a are bent down or back, as in Fig. 3, and soft wires k Serial No- 514,209. (No model.)

' are soldered upon the tops or fronts of these wings af and the holderis ready-for fastening to th umbrella or what not. The name and address card is inserted, with or'without a protecting facing of transparent material, as celluloid, mica, glass or the like, in the holder B, and the card holding lugs 01 are turned down to hold the same in place. In affixin'g the holder tothe umbrella, the lugs '6 are placed in the groove of a rib or brace m of the so-called paragon umbrella frame. the wires are then wrapped about the said rib or brace, and the identification means are securely attached thereto. their locking lugs 'i may be replaced by the wire 12 soldered to the back of the holder, see Fig. 5, 'or the metal of the holder may be corrugated or ribbed as at i see Fig. 6, for the same purpose. In case an engraved plate B is used for the name and address, the same may have wire soldered thereto or be provided' with wings a and a ing or lugst'; or it may be provided with corrugation or rib i integral therewith, the plate in the last form, see Fig. 10, being made by corrugating a plate at its middle'and bringing the edges of the corrugation together. formed with a rib t onits back, see Fig. 11, or it maybe formed by bending a plate, as in Fig. 12, to leave one or both edges thereof in the shape of a flange or ing 11 to engage with the grooved rib.

In that form of the invention shown in Figs. 13 and 14, the locking lugs 'i are omitted, the fiat wings a being relied upon in conjunction with a flat surface on the rib or brace to prevent the turning of the holder.

It is not essential that the locking lugs 11 or described equivalents shall be inside the grooved rib or brace, as there may be two such lugs 2', see Fig. 15, which embrace a rib, preferably flattened for the purpose, to prevent theiurning of the holder or plate. I

be made inthe-details of the invention without departing from the spirit thereof.

The described constructions furnish a neat, compact and convenient attachment which is The wings a and.

The plate B may be may remark that, in this last form of the inany but the person carrying the same when the umbrella is in use.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. A card-holder or address plate having wings parallel thereto, and clamping devices on said wings for attaching the holder to a rib or brace of an umbrella or parasol, sub stantially as described.

2. A card-holder or address plate having wings parallel thereto, lugs on said Wings for engaging within the grooved rib or brace of an umbrella frame to prevent turning thereon, and clamping devices on said wings for attaching the holder or plate to the rib or brace, substantially as described.

3. A card-holder or address plate having means integral therewith adapted to engage within the groove of a rib or brace of an umbrella or parasol frame to keep it from turn in g thereon, and wires rigidly attached to said means for engaging the outside of said rib or brace for attaching the holder or plate thereto, substantially as described.

4. A card-exposing-holder of box form open at one end, lugs thereon at said end adapted to be bent over to hold a card in place, means on said holder for engagement within the groove of an umbrella rib or brace to prevent the holder from turning thereon, and means on said holder for engaging the outside of said "rib or brace to attach the holder thereto,

, substantially as described.

5. A card-holder having wings a parallel thereto, locking lugs 'i on said wings, and wires 70 on said wings a, whereby the holder may be fastened to a rib or brace of an umbrella, substantially as described.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 9th day of June, A. D. 1894.

HUGH DE C. HAMILTON.

Witnesses:

R. W. BARKLEY, PAUL WILCOX. 

